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Ed Ward started writing about music in 1965, and has been on the staff of CRAWDADDY!, ROLLING STONE, and CREEM magazines, among others. He was music writer for the Austin (Texas) AMERICAN-STATESMAN from 1979-84, and is co-author (with the late Geoffrey Stokes and Ken Tucker) of ROCK OF AGES: THE ROLLING STONE HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL. Since 1986, he has been rock historian for NPR’s FRESH AIR with Terry Gross. He currently lives in Berlin, and comments on it at http://www.berlinbites.com.

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]]>The evening’s program was recorded live at the Crossroads Guitar Festival held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas in June 2004.

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]]>In the summer of 2004, a spectacular gathering of musicians from across the guitar world performed together at Eric Clapton’s three-day Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas. GREAT PERFORMANCES presents highlights from the unprecedented event featuring a once-in-a-lifetime showcase of guitar luminaries performing rock anthems, blues classics, and bluegrass hits. Joining Clapton are fellow axe legends Carlos Santana, Joe Walsh, and J.J. Cale; bluesmen Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmie Vaughan; as well as James Taylor, country superstar Vince Gill, bluegrass player Dan Tyminski from Alison Krauss’ band Union Station, and young star John Mayer. Highlights include renditions of classics like “After Midnight” and “Layla,” as well as recent hits like Mayer’s “City Love.”

Proceeds from the extraordinary guitarfest went to support the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center founded by Eric Clapton in 1997. The festival also offered guitar clinics, exhibits by leading manufacturers, and displays of guitars from the private collections of Clapton and his friends, which were auctioned by Christie’s in June 2004 and garnered more than $7 million to aid the Crossroads Centre.